English
interpterygoid
From inter- + pterygoid.
Formed from inter- + pterygoid
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’
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Ancient Greek πτερόν ‘feather’
Ancient Greek πτέρῠξ ‘a wing’
Ancient Greek πτερῠγοειδής ‘like a wing’
New Latin pterygoīdēs ‘winglike, pterygoid’
English pterygoid
Today it means
adj Between pterygoid bones
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interpterygoid